LAW681A

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LAW681A - Case Studies in Public Interest and Professionalism

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Course ID

019474

Course Description

In conjunction with public service summer employment, students will study 1) the agency's impact on and definition of its client(s); 2) the lawyer's role, in particular the lawyer's ethical responsibilities and challenges, and the lawyer as decision maker and public policy maker or precedent setter; and 3) at least one individual case or project on which the student is working as part of the student's summer agency placement. The course will require students to attend pre-and/or post-agency placement sessions where issues of the unique role of agency attorneys, as will as the particular ethical responsibilities of agency attorneys, are addressed. This course will be carried over from Summer I to Summer II without the students having to re-register for the course.

Min Units

1

Max Units

1

Repeatable for Credit

Yes

Total Completions Allowed

2

Total Units Allowed

2

Grading Basis

PNP - Pass/Fail

Career

Law

Course Requisites

May be convened with

Component

Lecture

Optional Component

No